one was -- that effected me so deeply was a little boy michael ngyuen, murdered in golden gate park. his accused murderer still has not gone to trial. but i went to that little boy's funeral. the little boy had a buddhist funeral and i had never been to him and at the cemetery they buried with him all of his favorite things, a mcdonald's happy meal like my son and the clothes his mother folded and put in the grave and a t-shirt and a pair of pants that my son had, and his toys and they were the same toys. and you could not help but think that that could be your child. and i actually walked away in sobs from the funeral and the reporter from another station came over and tried to console me because it effected me so deeply. i think that the humanity you have to have that in reporting and you have to be able to feel in some way what people are feeling that you are covering. >> fortunately for reporter's mental health there are happy stories too. rita williams and her photographer stayed on at alpine meadows when other tv crews gave up and went home, 5 days after an avalanche buried her